I just want a fucking job where I can do good work I'm allowed to be proud of, go home at the end of the day and live my fucking life in peace, and keep that job for as many years as I fucking want.
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I have lost three jobs in the past three years and never once was it my fault. Each and every time was a series of layoffs or other conditions that forced me and several other people to exit at once. However, now my resume is dotted with short gigs. I look bad because of other people's incompetence
And then I get punished when finding new jobs not JUST for being trans and a woman, BUT ALSO because I do not spend my free fucking time making MORE GOD DAMN WEBSITES for NO MONEY.
I'm sorry I don't blog about tech. I'm sorry I don't constantly seek out ways to intersect my other passions with programming. I'm sorry I literally cannot be made to give one flying fuck about programming when I'm not being paid to do so. I'm sorry I can't compete. I still deserve a fucking job.
I can't compete with this candidate pool. So many people are out of a job right now, and SO MANY of those people _do_ program at home. They _do_ have personal sites. They _do_ post blog posts to LinkedIn. I look like shit next to that, even though I'm every bit as good.
I'm good at my job. I take real pride in my work. I pursue quality at every possible turn. I care deeply about both the people who need to use the software I make, AND the people who need to maintain it in the future. In my experience, the grind types actually DON'T do this.
But I can't prove any of this to prospective employers. I can't show them my work from my previous jobs because of Reasons. So I just look like a batch of unknowns and a risk. If I were a cis guy, it'd be slightly easier, but it's still hell out there. I hate it so much.
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